Ice Biome Geography
What continent is completely ice biome?
Antartica
How old can some of the frozen water be in the Ice biome?
250,000 to 500,000 years old.
What factor is damageing the Ice biome.
Global Warming
What are some animals in the Ice biome?
Name 1
Polar bears, Penguins, Artic fox, Artic Hair, Reindeer, Walrus, Weddel Seal.
What is under thin layer of snow and dirt?
Permafrost.
True of False:
Greenland is mostly Ice biome?
True
In the Poles of the earth where this biome is located. True or False half the year there is no sunlight while the other half is sunlight.
True.
What animal is affected by global warming in the ice biome?
Name 1
Polar bear, Artic fox, Walrus, and Narwhal.
What plants live in the ice biome?
Name 1
Shrubs, Lichen, Mosses, Grasses
What is the driest biome on earth?
Ice biome.
What hemisphere is the Ice biome in?
All of them Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western.
What is the average thickness of the ice in Antartica?
The average thickness is over a mile long.
How does global warming effect the Ice biome?
It melts the ice also hurting some animals.
What prevents tress from growing in the soil?
Permafrost.
How much precipatation does the ice biome recieve?
6-10inches a year.
What is the name of the area in the northern hemisphere that is ice biome.
Artic circle/North pole
What percent of fresh water is locked in Antartica.
70%
Why does global warming affect the polar bears?
It melt the ice making if hard to get food and raise young.
Why do penguins group up together?
To stay warm and block wind currents.
What is the average temputure in the ice biome?
Below freezing or below Zero.
What oceans touch the ice biome.
The southern and artic ocean.
True or False polar bears are classified as marine mammals.
True.
What is an effect of ice melting into the ocean? Due to global warming.
Sea levels rising.
Why can Walrus survive in freezing cold water?
They have a thick layer of blubber that stores energy and is like insulation.
What is lowest temputure in the ice biome?
-30 through -58 degrees F.